Comments | lj_dev: Invalid password: please help me check my data

alsterellie in lj_dev

Invalid password: please help me check my data

Feb 21, 2012 14:34

Hi all,

I keep getting "errmsg:Invalid password" while trying to log in on /interface/flat, using challenge/response. I am using the right password and the MD5 hash is computed correctly (or so is seems). Maybe something is wrong with the way I use auth_challenge?

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phillip2637 February 21 2012, 15:08:10 UTC

The auth_challenge that I send back is just a literal echo of what I received with no quotes and no URL encoding of characters. I'm not sure it's the 'right' way but it seems to work.

alsterellie February 21 2012, 15:11:49 UTC

Thank you! Does it start with "co:"? I was wondering if maybe I'm supposed to use just a substring.

phillip2637 February 21 2012, 15:18:07 UTC

Recent example (actually Dreamwidth but no conceptual difference): mode=login&user=philkmills&auth_method=challenge&auth_challenge=c0:1329836400:313:60:GeHewhHgwdnyunOnNrN7:bbcd24c1334299e1b8c643e0a0cc9fce....